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Cabral L, Leite ER, Longo E, San-Miguel MA, da Silva EZ, Andrés J. Disentangling the Effects of Laser and Electron Irradiation on AgX (X = Cl, Br, and I): Insights from Quantum Chemical Calculations. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:3021-3027. [PMID: 38252876 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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The effects on the lattice structure and electronic properties of different polymorphs of silver halide, AgX (X = Cl, Br, and I), induced by laser irradiation (LI) and electron irradiation (EI) are investigated using a first-principles approach, based on the electronic temperature (Te) within a two-temperature model (TTM) and by increasing the total number of electrons (Ne), respectively. Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations provide a clear visualization of how Te and Ne induce a structural and electronic transformation process during LI/EI. Our results reveal the diffusion processes of Ag and X ions, the amorphization of the AgX lattices, and a straightforward interpretation of the time evolution for the formation of Ag and X nanoclusters under high values of Te and Ne. Overall, the present work provides fine details of the underlying mechanism of LI/EI and promises to be a powerful toolbox for further cross-scale modeling of other semiconductors.
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- Luis Cabral
- Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin (IFGW), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 SP, Brazil
- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I (UJI), Castelló 12071, Spain
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- Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia (LNNano), CNPEM, Campinas, 13083-970 SP, Brazil
- LIEC-CDMF, Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, 13565-905 SP, Brazil
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- LIEC-CDMF, Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, 13565-905 SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical-Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-970 SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin (IFGW), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia (LNNano), CNPEM, Campinas, 13083-970 SP, Brazil
- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I (UJI), Castelló 12071, Spain
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Shi J, Fonda E, Botti S, Marques MAL, Shinmei T, Irifune T, Flank AM, Lagarde P, Polian A, Itié JP, San-Miguel A. Halogen molecular modifications at high pressure: the case of iodine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3321-3326. [PMID: 33507189 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05942k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metallization and dissociation are key transformations in diatomic molecules at high densities particularly significant for modeling giant planets. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and atomistic modeling, we demonstrate that in halogens, the formation of a connected molecular structure takes place at pressures well below metallization. Here we show that the iodine diatomic molecule first elongates by ∼0.007 Å up to a critical pressure of Pc ∼ 7 GPa, developing bonds between molecules. Then its length continuously decreases with pressure up to 15-20 GPa. Universal trends in halogens are shown and allow us to predict for chlorine a pressure of 42 ± 8 GPa for molecular bond-length reversal. Our findings contribute to tackling the molecule invariability paradigm in diatomic molecular phases at high pressures and may be generalized to other abundant diatomic molecules in the universe, including hydrogen.
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- Jingming Shi
- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Lyon, France. and School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -Optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility
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- European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, and Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany
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- Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan and Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France and IMPMC-CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Université, B115, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Lyon, France.
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Otero-de-la-Roza A, LeBlanc LM, Johnson ER. Dispersion XDM with Hybrid Functionals: Delocalization Error and Halogen Bonding in Molecular Crystals. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4933-4944. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Otero-de-la-Roza
- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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Yushina ID, Kolesov BA. Interplay of Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions in Solid Iodine at Low Temperatures: Experimental and Theoretic Spectroscopy Study. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:4575-4580. [PMID: 31063373 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This work is devoted to the discussion of structural changes in crystalline iodine under low temperature studied from experimental and theoretic points of view. Experimental Raman spectra in the temperature range 5-300 K demonstrated unusual behavior of stretching vibration at ∼180 cm-1 with temperature. The data allowed obtaining of ω( T) functions for both external translational and internal stretching modes of I2. It was found that ω( T) trends significantly differ in comparison to typical van der Waals crystal α-S8. The observed anomalies are explained from a theoretic point of view because of the strengthening of intralayer halogen bonding between I2 molecules.
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- I D Yushina
- South Ural State University , Chelyabinsk 454080 , Russia
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- A.V. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Faculty of Physics , Novosibirsk National State Research University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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Band gap closure, incommensurability and molecular dissociation of dense chlorine. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1134. [PMID: 30850606 PMCID: PMC6408506 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09108-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Diatomic elemental solids are highly compressible due to the weak interactions between molecules. However, as the density increases the intra- and intermolecular distances become comparable, leading to a range of phenomena, such as structural transformation, molecular dissociation, amorphization, and metallisation. Here we report, following the crystallization of chlorine at 1.15(30) GPa into an ordered orthorhombic structure (oC8), the existence of a mixed-molecular structure (mC8, 130(10)-241(10) GPa) and the concomitant observation of a continuous band gap closure, indicative of a transformation into a metallic molecular form around 200(10) GPa. The onset of dissociation of chlorine is identified by the observation of the incommensurate structure (i-oF4) above 200(10) GPa, before finally adopting a monatomic form (oI2) above 256(10) GPa.
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Oranskaia A, Yin J, Bakr OM, Brédas JL, Mohammed OF. Halogen Migration in Hybrid Perovskites: The Organic Cation Matters. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5474-5480. [PMID: 30187754 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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In hybrid perovskite materials, the organic cations are one of the key structural components used to tune the electronic and optical properties of this promising class of materials. Here, we studied the strong impact of organic cations, methylammonium (MA) and formamidinium (FA), on halogen vacancy and interstitial migration, as well as surface degradation in cubic-phase MAPbBr3 and FAPbBr3 crystals using density functional theory calculations. We found Br vacancies and interstitials have much lower formation energies and higher density in MAPbBr3 in comparison to FAPbBr3 crystals. Moreover, the transition energy barrier for Br migration through vacancies within the bulk phase is lower in MAPbBr3 than in FAPbBr3. We also found that FAPbBr3 has a much higher rotation barrier of the organic cation than MAPbBr3, which points to a much stronger H-bonding with Br in the former case. Our results show that incorporating organic cations with the appropriate structure, shape, and strong H-bonding capabilities in hybrid perovskite crystals is very beneficial for suppressing ion migration and thus further improving the performance of hybrid perovskite-based devices.
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- Aleksandra Oranskaia
- Division of Physical Science and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Science and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Science and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332-0400 , United States
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- Division of Physical Science and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Liu Z, Yao Z, Yao M, Lv J, Chen S, Li Q, Lv H, Wang T, Lu S, Liu R, Liu B, Liu J, Chen Z, Zou B, Cui T, Liu B. High-pressure behavior of bromine confined in the one-dimensional channels of zeolite AlPO4-5 single crystals. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:124319. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4963725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Zhaodong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- College of Science, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Geoscience Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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